Plier safe



1,650,515l F. F'. HILDEBRAND PLER SAFE Filed May 21. i927 A TTORNEY.

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llatented Nov. 22, 1927.

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y Application filed May 21,1927'. `Serial No. 193,297.

`will permit the rer ly removal of the pliers. i

The general object oiiny invention to provide a sata-as it may be termed7 adapteil to be disposed in and attached to the wall` of an overall pocket, which is so Jformed `to retain the pliers therein but which will permit the easy removal oi' thek pliers.

il Jin rtl'ier object istol iforinthe salie as a metallic trame or case so vconstructed as to receive the pliers and having a lid or4 cover at the mouth yend .disposed normally above the opening of the pocket, which cover inav be readily released and opened to per mit the removal or insertion ot the pliers.

ther objects have' to do with the details ot construction and arrangementof parte "l as will appear more fully hereinafter.

a portion ot a pair of overalls with my plierl sai'e applied thereto; s

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the plier safe; d

*Figure 3 is a section on 'the line 8-3 of inv-rile e; y A

Figure el; is a section on the line L lf-1i of 'Figure 2. g

te'ferring to this drawing, it will `be seen that lthe plier safe consists oi2 the longitude nal members l0. These are prelf'erably made oi" metallic strips about 1/3 wide and about H15 or l/S thick. To the upper endof eine ot these strips there is hinged the lid or cover ll provided with a sliding latch l2a the opposite strip l() being Jformed with a perforation or'lreeper 13 to receive the ei;- tremity ot the latch. A y

l have heretofore referred to the strips l0 as ii they were separate pieces but, as a matter o fact, the strips l0 are formed from a single piece of metal bent into a U shape so as to provide a lower end 14 for the safe; The lower ends of the strips l() are connected" by means of the side plates l5 lwhich are cast, riveted or otherwise attached to the `for convenient access.

portions `l0 so as to :form a socket 'for tlie`=r lower end of the pliersA. Midway between the portion l5 and the lid ll, and preferably nearer the lid than the portion l5, there is disposed the side plates 1G. These may be cast with tliegportions l() or riveted or other-` wise attached thereto. Each of these side plates 1G at its middle is outwardly bulged, as at i7, and one oi these side plates is provided with pei-iterations 18 whereby to 'tasten the saire within the pocket-oi thegarment, either byrivoting, stitching or any other suitable means.

The sate aslieretofore described 'is disposed within the pocketV B of the overall so i that the upper end of the salte projects slightly above the upperend of the pocket y By `having the side platesV lo outwardly bulged at l?, the bolt a` of the pliers A is accommodated sol that the projecting ends of the bolt will not catch on the side plates as the pliers are withdrawn or. inserted. rlhe salie described will prevent pliers trom sliding out of the pocket and becoming lost.

ing outwardly bulged at their middles to `permit passafige oi' the plier rivet.

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2. A plier safe ot' the character described comprising a strip of thin metal l'iaifing an approximate ll-shape7 side members attached tothe bight end oi the Ushaped strip of jme/tal to thereby torni a socket for the reception ot the jaw end of a pair of pliers, a lid hinged to one arm of the U-shaped strip and having a latch engagingthe other arm tliereof andl side members attached to` the arms oi the U-shaped strip below said lid, each side member being outwardly bulged vat its middle to permit the passage of the plier rivet.

y In testimony whereof- I hereunto` affix my signature. l

FREDRICK F. HILDEBRAND. 

